1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457729003321

Titolo

Civil-military relations in today's China [[electronic resource] ] : swimming in a new sea / / David M. Finkelstein and Kristen Gunness, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Armonk, N.Y., : M.E. Sharpe, Inc., c2007

ISBN

1-317-47435-X

1-315-70560-5

1-280-91272-3

9786610912728

0-7656-2221-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FinkelsteinDavid Michael

GunnessKristen <1976->

Disciplina

322/.50951

Soggetti

Civil-military relations - China

Social change - China

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An East Gate book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Social trends in China : implications for the Pople's Liberation Army / Tony Saich -- The impact of social changes on the PLA : a Chinese military perspective / Xiaobing Li -- The new military elite : generational profile and contradictory trends / Cheng Li -- The fourth-generation leaders and the new military elite / Yu bin -- The PLA and the provinces : military district and local issues / Zhiyue Bo -- The political implications of PLA professionalism / Lyman Miller -- Unravelling the myths about political commissars / You Ji -- Searching for a twenty-first-century officer corps / Thomas J. Bickford -- Educating the officer corps : the Chinese People's Liberation Army and its interactions with civilian academic institutions / Kristen Gunness -- China's defense budget : is there impending friction between defense and civilian needs? / Joseph Fewsmith -- The PLA in the new economy : plus Ça change, plus C'est la même chose / James Mulvenon -- The challenge of conscription in an era of social change / Sijin Cheng --



Demobilization and resettlement: the challenge of downsizing the People's Liberation Army / Maryanne Kivlehan-Wise -- People's war in the twenty-first century : the militia and the reserves / Dennis J. Blasko.

Sommario/riassunto

Providing an examination of civil-military relations in China, this book reflects the changes taking place in Chinese society and their impact on the civil-military dynamic. It explores issues, such as the impact of AIDS, the defense budget, the emerging dynamic between the military and China's leadership, the role of the militia, and more.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996215161003316

Titolo

Optoelectronic materials and technology in the information age [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of the Optoelectronic Materials and Technology in the Information Age symposium at the 103rd Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, held April 22-25, 2001 in Indianapolis, Indiana / / edited by Ruyan Guo ...[et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westerville, OH, : American Ceramic Society, c2002

ISBN

1-280-67251-X

9786613649447

1-118-37091-0

1-118-37086-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 p.)

Collana

Ceramic transactions ; ; v. 126

Altri autori (Persone)

GuoRuyan

Disciplina

621.381/045

621.381045

Soggetti

Optoelectronics - Materials

Optoelectronic devices

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Optoelectronic Materials and Technology in the Information Age; Contents; Preface; Inorganic Phosphor, Display, and Solid State Lighting Materials; Luminescence of Long-Time Ordered GaP:N; Radioluminescent Glass Battery; Synthesis of Nano-Sized Europium Doped Yttrium Oxide; Unusual Long-Wavelength Excitation and



Emission in Eu(ll) and Ce(lll) Doped M-Si-Al-O-N Glasses; Gas-Phase Modification of the Direct Current Electrophosphor; Novel Synthesis of Amorphous and Semiconducting Optoelectronics; Local Structure and Raman Vibrational Spectra of Doped Tellurite Glasses

Effects of Starting Compositions on the Phase Equilibrium in Hydrothermal Synthesis of Zn2SiO4:Mn2+FeSixOy Films Prepared by Co-Sputtering; Structure-Property Relationships in As-S-Se Glasses for Waveguide Applications Probed by Near-Infrared Raman Spectroscopy; Study of Structural Changes in Glassy As2Se3 by EXAFS under in situ Laser Irradiation; Electro-Optic and Ferroic Materials in Optoelectronic Applications; Investigations on High Response Speed and High Induced Strain of Photostrictive Doped PLZT Ceramics; Single Crystal Electro-Optic Fiber in Optical Wavelength Shift

Fabrication of Photonic Bandgap Structures by Fused Deposition of MultimaterialsTwo-Dimensional Modeling of Gaussian Beam Propagation through an Anisotropic Medium; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume will provide interdisciplinary treatment, with a strong materials community, for technical exchange on optoelecronic materials, device application, and system development.